† glose-wormn.
Obsolete. rare.
= glow-worm n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Lampyridae > lampyris noctiluca (glow-worm)
glow-wormc1320
gold worm?c1475
glowbard?a1500
silver-worm?a1500
glose-worm1519
glass-worm1552
glaze-worm1578
glare-worm1607
night-worm1774
glow-bug1781
fireworm1821
glow-beetle1860
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria ix. f. 108v A flye or a worme called a glouberde, or a glouse worme.
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C3 Changeable coloured vrchins, which can glister like a glose worme neare gold.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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